Section 8AAA Wresting Preview

Nov 29, 2012 at 8:30 am

SARTELL SABRES

Head Coach: Cody Olson Enrollment: 992 Section 8AAA

The Sabres had a very good season and back from that team are seven section place winners; including two state qualifiers and four others with a great deal of varsity experience. Dan Vitale, Brady Goebel and Drew Bienusa should be their key leaders thru out the season. Despite the graduation of three seniors last spring; look for the Sabres to make improvement on those dual meet marks. They will have a couple of very talented junior varsity wrestlers make a big impact this season. Look for this young team to make a challenge for conference and possible section honors.

Graduates

Josh Halicke 23-5 2nd Section (126-45 Career)

Jed Anderson 19-21 3rd Section

Collin Wervey 2-6

ST. CLOUD APOLLO EAGLES

Head Coach: Tim Bengtson Enrollment: 1,031 Section 8AAA

The Eagles had a very good season as they posted 14-8 dual meet marks and 7-1 in the Central Lakes Conference. Despite the graduation of several good seniors last spring including two state place winners. Look for this young team to challenge those dual meet numbers. Grant Nehring, Mitch Bengtson, Bryce Kirchner and Matt Braun should be the key leaders for the Eagles thru out the season. Overall they return seven section place winners and three others with a great deal of varsity experience. Look for the Eagles to be a force to be dealt with in both the conference and the section dual meet campaigns.

14-8 Overall Dual Meets

7-1 Central Lakes Conference Duals

Nine Section Place Winners/Five State Qualifiers

Final Four Section 8AAA

Second Place Big Lake "Hornets" Tourney: 169.5 Pts. (11 Placers)

Third Place STMA "Knights" Tourney: 142 Pts. (11 Placers)

Third Place Albany "Purple Pride" Tourney: 156 Pts. (12 Placers)

Third Place Foley "Tom Keating" Tourney: 136 Pts. (7 Placers)

Eight Place Shakopee "Sabre" Tourney: 83 Pts. (4 Placers)

Fourteenth Place Fargo "Rumble on the Red" 101 Pts. (3 Placers)

Returning Wrestlers

Mitch Bengtson 12th 43-1 1st Sec./2nd State/AC

Grant Nehring 12th 43-3 1st Sec./State Champ/AC

Bryce Kirchner 11th 22-10 2nd Section/AC

Matt Braun 12th 26-13 3rd Section

Peter Nelson 8th 19-17 5th Section

Drew VanVleet 10th 17-13 6th Section/Transfer Mora

Dylan Mehr 11th 15-20 4th Section

Devon Johnson 11th 7-15

Jake Christen 12th 4-10

Nick Graham 10th 2-14

Ryan Stok 9th 3-5

Lucas Enneking 11th 1-2

Alex Pachan 8th 1-3

Graduates

Nam Nguyen 31-4 1st Sec./4th State/AC

Grant Dullinger 36-7 1st Sec./3rd State/AC

Nick Stram 17-8 Injured

Jerad Morford 8-25 4th Section

Steve Tran 3-13

Austin Rice 3-4

Alex Braun 0-4

Paul Greunnes 0-1

ST. CLOUD TECH TIGERS

Head Coach: Bob Boeck Enrollment: 1,241 Section 8AAA

The Tigers posted a 14-12 dual meet mark; they will be making a challenge to improve on that record. They return five section place including one state place winner and five others with a great deal of varsity experience. Despite the gradation of four good senior including three section place winners; if the Tigers can stay healthy and improve over the course of the season they should make an improvement on those dual meet marks. Jarrad Neiland, Austin Klaverkamp, Noah Voigt and Cole Schreder should be their key leaders thru out the season.

14-12 Overall Dual Meets

3-5 Central Lakes Conference Duals

Eight Section Place Winners/Two State Qualifiers

Third Place Staples "Don Dravis" Duals: (2-1)

Sixth Place STMA "Knights" Tourney: 91.5 Pts. (9 Placers)

Sixth Place Mora "Mustang" Tourney: 90.5 Pts. (6 Placers)

45th Place Fargo "Rumble on the Red" Tourney: 33 Pts. (1 Placer)

Returning Wrestlers

Jarrad Nieland 12th 39-7 2nd Sec./3rd State/AC

Austin Klaverkamp 11th 15-6

Noah Voigt 11th 18-12 5th Section

Cole Schreder 9th 11-9 5th Section

Joey Reed 9th 8-24 6th Section

Henry Nehk 10th 6-0

Nate Lortz 11th 6-20 5th Section

Theo Wurst 11th 4-7

Jacob Johnson 11th 5-12

Linkcoln Brouwer 12th 3-15

Patrick Niehaus 12th 1-1 Injured

Graduates

Bryant Amundson 37-8 2nd Section/AC (74 Wins)

Tommy O'Brien 23-10 3rd Sectioin (121 Wins)

Brady Brouwer 19-19 6th Section

Maurice Martin 21-15

Jesse Johnson 1-0

SAUK RAPIDS/RICE STORM

Head Coach: TBA Enrollment: 1,078 Section 8AAA

The Storm will be looking to improve on those dual meet marks from last season. They will return seven section place winners and one other with a great deal of varsity experience. So despite the graduation of three section place winners including a state qualifier. The Storm should improve on those dual meet marks if they can stay healthy and some of their younger wrestlers continue to improve. Austin Walz, Chris Keske, Taylor Rau and Dalton Siemers should be their key leaders thru out the season.